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Aristus

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60. Never understood what all the shouting (and slapping) was about.

Sun Nov 30, 2025, 03:50 PM

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Even as a kid, I thought the act was stupid and pointless. My Dad used to watch the shorts on TV. I asked him why the Stooges were always hitting each other. He said: “It’s called slapstick humor”.

I didn’t see the humor then and don’t now. My Dad was a puns-and-practical-jokes kind of guy. That was his level of humor. This may sound snotty, but I’m more of an aficionado of wit. Oscar Wilde, that sort of thing.

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